Advanced Colonoscopy and Endoluminal Surgery

Dr. Sang Lee serves as Professor and Chief of the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery at University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles, CA.  Prior to position, Dr. Lee was the vice-chief of colon and rectal surgery at Weill-Cornell Medical College.  Dr. Lee is a nationally recognized leader in laparoscopic and minimally invasive colon and rectal surgery and served as a course director for laparoscopic colon and rectal surgery at numerous national meetings.  Dr. Lee has pioneered the combined endo-laparoscopic surgical technique which allows removal of benign colon polyps without bowel resection.  Dr. Lee has authored 70 peer reviewed articles, 31 abstract and 21 review articles and edited two textbooks.  Dr. Lee graduated from the Johns Hopkins University with degree in biomedical engineering and attended NYU School of Medicine.  He completed general surgery residents at Beth Israel-Deaconess Hospital in Boston, laparoscopic and colorectal fellowship at NY Presbyterian Hospital, Weill-Cornell Medical College/ Columbia University School of Medicine.Dr. Howard Ross serves as Professor and Chief of the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Howard is a nationally recognized educator known for his efforts to enable adoption of minimally invasive technologies.  Dr. Ross has been the lead editor for two cutting edge textbooks, Minimally Invasive Approaches to Colon and Rectal Disease and Robotic Colon and Rectal Surgery.  Howard has authored scores of chapters and peer reviewed articles.  Dr. Ross is asked to speak frequently at venues throughout North America and is very proud of the students and residents he has mentored.  Howard was educated at Cornell University, the University of Rochester School of Medicine, performed general surgery residency at the University of Connecticut, with fellowships at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the Lahey Clinic.David E. Rivadeneira, MD, MBA, FACS, FASCRS Professor of Surgery at Hofstra University School of Medicine, currently serves as the Vice Chair, Surgical Strategic Initiatives for North Shore-LIJ Health System and Director of Surgical Services and Colorectal Surgery at Huntington Hospital.Recognized as a leader in colon & rectal surgery and for his advanced skills in minimally invasive surgery, Dr. Rivadeneira has a major interest in laparoscopic,  and other minimally invasive procedures including advanced robotic procedures for the treatment of colon and rectal diseases, including cancer. He has published extensively with more than 60 peer reviewed articles and book chapters.  He has served on numerous committees for the American Society of Colon & rectal Surgeons, including Quality Assessment and Safety Committee, Program, Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee, and chair of the Awards committee. With an extensive experience teaching laparoscopic colon surgery to hundreds of surgeons throughout the United States and abroad, he has served as Director of numerous Laparoscopic educational courses for industry, academic institutions and for the American College of Surgeons. He has received numerous honors and awards including Castle & Conollys Top Doctors, New Yorker magazine Best Doctors, Best Doctors in America, New York’s Top Doctors, Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors, America’s Top Surgeons, New York Super doctors, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, and American Association of Cancer Research Scholar Award.Scott R. Steele, MDDr. Steele is the Division Chief of Colon & Rectal Surgery at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH.   He serves on the editorial board for 7 national surgical journals including Annals of Surgery and being a section editor for Diseases of the Colon & Rectum.  In addition, he serves as a reviewer for 22 additional peer-reviewed journals.  He is also a member of the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery where is has served on the written and oral examination committees.  As a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, he recently left the Army, serving as the Chief of Colon & Rectal Surgery at Madigan Army Medical Center in Fort Lewis, WA, and has served 4 combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, being awarded the Combat Medical Badge and Bronze Star, amongst others. His contributions to the medical literature include over 150 peer-reviewed articles, 50 invited reviews and book chapters, 12 national practice parameters, guest editor for 5 volumes dedicated to colorectal disease, and an editor on 4 textbooks in colorectal surgery.Daniel Feingold, MDThe Stanley Edelman MD - Stephen Jarislowsky Associate Professor of SurgeryColumbia University, New YorkMailing address: 8 Howard Park Drive, Tenafly, NJ 07670Daniel Feingold, MDThe Stanley Edelman MD - Stephen Jarislowsky Associate Professor of SurgeryColumbia University, New YorkMailing address: 8 Howard Park Drive, Tenafly, NJ 07670In addition to a General Surgery residency, Dr. Daniel Feingold completed fellowships in Surgical Oncology and Colorectal Surgery before joining the faculty at New York - Presbyterian/Columbia over 10 years ago.  Recognized as an educator in the treatment of Colorectal Diseases, Dr. Feingold has served on faculty for numerous technical courses and workshops around the country, lectures frequently at national surgery meetings including the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters pertaining to the field.  Dr. Feingold’s clinical focus centers on the treatment of colon and rectal cancer, diverticulitis and anorectal disorders with an emphasis on muscle preserving colorectal surgery and advanced laparoscopic techniques.  Dr. Feingold has been recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor each year since 2012 and as a New York Super Doctor each year since 2008 and was awarded an endowed chair in surgery at Columbia University in 2013. 

History of Colonoscopy.- Anatomic Basis of Colonoscopy.- Colonoscopy Photo Atlas.- How to Achieve High Rates of Bowel Preparation Adequacy.- Patient comfort during colonoscopy.- VTE Prophylaxis: How to optimize patients on anticoagulation and avoid infectious complications.- Endoscopic Equipment and Instrumentation.- Basic Colonoscopic Techniques to Reach the Cecum.- Basic Colonoscopic Interventions: Cold, Hot Biopsy Techniques, Submucosal Injection, Clip Application, Snare Biopsy.- Current Guidelines for Colonoscopy.- Difficult Colonoscopy: tricks and new techniques for getting to the cecum.- How to recognize, characterize, and manage premalignant and malignant colorectal polyps.- Detection:  (CQI) Quality measures and tools for improvement.- Advanced endoscopic imaging:  polyps and dysplasia detection.- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR).- Endoscopic Mucosal Dissection.- Applications of intra-operative endoscopy.- Combined Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery (CELS).- Endoluminal Colorectal Stenting.- How to Avoid Complications/Treatment of Endoscopic Complications.- Alternative Colorectal Imaging.- Current Endoluminal Approaches: Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery, Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery and Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision.-